Travis Scott coming to Oakland on his first tour since Astroworld tragedy

The tour makes its way to Oakland Arena in support of Scott’s recent album “Utopia.”

Travis Scott at the Astroworld Festival in Houston on Nov. 5, 2021. Scott’s first headlining tour since the tragedy at his festival is scheduled for a stop in Oakland.

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Houston rapper Travis Scott plans to make his way to the Bay Area for Halloween during his Utopia-Circus Maximus Tour, his largest headlining tour since the deadly crowd surge at hishometown festival known as Astroworldin 2021.

This week Scott announced dates for the North American leg, which include two California stops — two nights at the Oakland Arena on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, and another at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood (Los Angeles County) on Nov. 5, the two-year anniversary of the Astroworld tragedy, which left 10 dead and several more injured.

The victims all died from compression asphyxia as hundreds of fans pushed to the front of the main stage during Scott’s performance. While some audience members tried to climb onto the stage to safety during his set, Scott played on. He later claimed he wasn’t aware of the severity of the situation at the time.

Since the festival, which Scott launched in 2018, the year he released his third studio album of the same name, the 32-year-old artist has faced immense public criticism for his negligent behavior and disregard for the safety of his fans during his concerts. During aheadlining set at the Warfieldin San Francisco in 2015, Scott was heard egging on the crowd in multiple videos to create mosh pits and rush the stage.

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Utopia-Circus Maximus Tour:7 p.m. Oct. 31. Oakland Arena, 7000 S. Coliseum Way, Oakland. 510-569-2121.www.theoaklandarena.com

In late July, Scott released his fourth studio album “Utopia,” which features high profile artists such as Drake, Playboi Cari and the Weeknd. The album has spent four consecutive weeks in the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 charts and has already amassed more than 1.5 billion streams.

斯科特预计to kick off the Utopia-Circus Maximus Tour on Oct. 11 in Charlotte, N.C., and wrap up in Toronto on Dec. 29.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30. $2 from each ticket will be donated toCactus Jack Foundation, which aims to support and uplift Houston youth.

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    Zara Irshad joined The Chronicle as a summer 2023 intern for the Datebook team. She is a recent graduate of UC San Diego, where she studied communications. She previously interned for the San Diego Union-Tribune and wrote for her campus newspaper, the Guardian, where she served as editor-in-chief. Irshad was part of the honors program for her major and double-minored in world literature and film studies.